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@met @titille dinard -tatet JAMES KINDEIJ, OF WILMINGTON, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 100,044, dated February' 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENTv IN LATCHES FOR GATES The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

tended each to the opposite side from which it is piv.

oted, and operated by a cord or wire attached to its free end.

General Description with Reference to the Drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate provided with my improved latch. f

Figures 2 and 3 are transverse sections of the latch in the open and closed conditions respectively, and to an enlarged scale.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section in the line :t fr, fig. 3.

A represents the hinge-post. B, ,the latch-post. C, the gate.

v That side of the latch-post nearest the gate is ex-l cavated to receive a metallic box, D, having a slot, E, in form of an obtuse inverted V, whose I,lower edge forms a double inclined plane, e e', for the impingement and support of my latch proper, whichy consists Vof a pin or bolt, F, firmly attached to and projecting from the end of the gate, and which in my preferred form is fnrnished'with' a roller, G, to diminish the friction of the latch in ascending and descending the inclined plane.

My latch is also preferably provided with a slot,

II, toreceive'the fastening bolt I, and to enable the adjustment in or out of the latch when the nut J is slackened. v

In the closed condition of the gate the latch is caught and held toits place of rest on the extreme apex ofthe inclined plane e e by two independent gravitating catches, K K', which are -pivoted to the box I).

Cords, thongs, orwrods, L L', attached to 'tbe free ends of these catches, enable one or both of them to be easily lifted by pulling directly upon the said cord or rod, or by depressing a suitable lever attached thereto. f

C' lat'm.

The combination of the fixed latch F, doubly-im clined 'rail or slot E, and independent catches K K', extended each to the other ,side from which it is'pivoted, and operated by a cord or wire, L, attached to its-free end,-all substantially' as and for the purpose set forth. f In testimony of which invention I hereunto setmy hand.

JAMES KINDEL.

Witnesses Gno. H. KNIGHT, J Mns H. LAYMAN. 

